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University of Montana Catalog 2025-2026

Customer Relations C.A.S.

The Customer Relations Certificate prepares students to give customers what they expect, and then give them more! Increase your competitive advantage by creating a service culture, building and maintaining relationships, and developing customer service management systems.

Core topics include:

  • Communication verbal/nonverbal , navigate challenges, effective conflict resolution, and listening skills
  • Manage interpersonal relationships and build teams
  • Public relations in organizations, reputation management and trust, and effective internal and external customer relationships.

Learn to turn common problems into service opportunities! Emphasis in business, computers, communications, and exceptional service skills, add to your value as a customer relations professional. Customer Relations can be earned independently, or combined with second-year curriculum toward an Associate of Applied Science degree in Administrative Management.

This certificate is offered fully online. Note: Second year A.A.S. curriculum is not available fully online. Graduates are prepared for work as customer service representatives and managers in a variety of industries.

Student Outcomes:

Upon completion of the program, students will:

  • Formulate service policies for excellent customer service management.
  • Apply service-level decisions to develop staff, enhance customer loyalty, and deal with challenges and conflicts while serving both internal and external customers.
  • Demonstrate the workplace skills of effective communication (oral, written, nonverbal), problem-solving, managing interpersonal relationships and collaborating with teams, thinking critically, and leadership.
  • Ethically use research and the tools of technology to create and organize business documents efficiently, accurately, and artfully designed.
  • Understand, appreciate, and recognize opportunities of diverse populations and cultures.

Related Job Titles:

  • Customer Service Representative
  • Customer Care
  • Call Centers
  • Client Relations
  • Client Services
  • Guest Services
  • Information Clerk
  • Receptionist

General Certificate Requirements

Additional requirements for graduation can be found on the Degree/Certificate Requirements for Graduation page

Unless otherwise noted in individual program requirements, a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all work attempted at the University of Montana-Missoula is required for graduation. Please see the Academic Policies and Procedures page for information on how your GPA is calculated.

Courses taken to satisfy the requirements of a major, minor, or certificate program must be completed with a grade of C- or better unless a higher grade is noted in the program requirements.

Online Program Option

This program may be completed in an online format. Students interested in pursuing an online degree or certificate program are strongly encouraged to contact the offering department to discuss specific program and course modalities and create a plan of study with an academic advisor. The course requirements listed below may not be consistently offered via online delivery.

Certificate of Applied Science - Customer Relations

Course Requirements

Complete all of the following courses:
BGEN 105SIntroduction to Business3
BGEN 215Career Readiness3
BGEN 220EBusiness Ethics and Social Responsibility3
BMGT 245Customer Service Management3
CAPP 154MS Word3
COMX 115SIntroduction to Interpersonal Communication3
COMX 250Introduction to Public Relations3
CSCI 172Intro to Computer Modeling3
M 105Contemporary Mathematics3-4
or M 115 Probability and Linear Mathematics
WRIT 101College Writing I3
Total Hours30-31
 

One Year Plan

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
AutumnHours
BGEN 105S Introduction to Business 3
CAPP 154 MS Word 3
COMX 250 Introduction to Public Relations 3
M 105
Contemporary Mathematics
or Probability and Linear Mathematics
3-4
WRIT 101 College Writing I 3-4
 Hours15-17
Spring
BGEN 215 Career Readiness 3
BGEN 220E Business Ethics and Social Responsibility 3
BMGT 245 Customer Service Management 3
COMX 115S Introduction to Interpersonal Communication 3
CSCI 172 Intro to Computer Modeling 3
 Hours15
 Total Hours30-32

Last updated Fall 2025